Category Archives: Local News
Large crowds turn up at Civic Center for two events Sunday
PEORIA, Ill. - The Civic Center was the center of attention in Peoria on Sunday. The facility hosted two big events on Sunday. In the Exhibit Hall was the final day of the 2023 Official Spring Home Sh...
TJ Carson Feb 26, 2023 Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD
UPDATED - Bradley Braves win Missouri Valley Conference Championship
UPDATED 8:25 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - After nearly three decades, the Bradley Braves are regular season champions. The Braves men's basketball team won the outright Missouri Valley Conference title on Sund...
Will Stevenson Feb 26, 2023 (TJ Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Residents opposed to demolishing two Pekin buildings
PEKIN, Ill. - Tazewell County residents are speaking out about a county plan to take claim of, and possible demonlish, two downtown Pekin buildings. They're on the same block in downtown Pekin -- the ...
Will Stevenson Feb 26, 2023 (25 News)
UPDATE: Blockbuster regular season finale Sunday for Bradley Men's Basketball is SOLD OUT
UPDATED: 12:10 p.m. PEORIA, Ill. - It's almost game time! In what could be the biggest game in years for the Bradley University men's basketball team, the Braves are playing rival Drake Sunday for wha...
Will Stevenson Feb 26, 2023 (Bradley University)
Man jailed after Friday shooting, police chase
PEORIA, Ill. - We now know who may have been responsible for a shooting at a house Friday, and who later chased police until officers stopped him on a busy Peoria roadway. Peoria Police say the shooti...
Will Stevenson Feb 26, 2023 (Illinois Department of Transportation traffic camera)
Peoria Firefighter promoted to Division Chief
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria Firefighter is once again helping the department make history. Chief Shawn Sollberger says in a news release that Lore Baxter has been promoted to Division Chief of Operations....
Will Stevenson Feb 25, 2023 (Submitted by Peoria Fire Department)
Police on lookout after groups declared 'National Day of Hate'
ILLINOIS (25 News Now) - Illinois State Police are urging the public to be vigilant because of online chatter about a so-called "National Day of Hate" on Saturday. Neo-Nazi anti-Semite groups are enco...
Will Stevenson Feb 25, 2023 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Peoria, Tazewell Counties at elevated COVID spread again
CHICAGO, Ill. - COVID-19 transmission is once again moving upward -- at least in two of the three Tri-Counties. The Illinois Department of Public Health says 20 counties are at elevated levels of comm...
Will Stevenson Feb 25, 2023 (Centers for Disease Control)
Woodford County man indicted on felony sex charge
EUREKA, Ill. - A Woodford County man faces criminal charges for allegedly sexually abusing a minor. A grand jury last week indicted Jordan Hamilton, 26, of Aggravated Criminal Sexual Abuse -- a Class ...
Will Stevenson Feb 25, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Woodford County Jail via 25 News)
'Equitable restrooms' bill advances in House
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - A bill that would allow restaurants, hotels and other public places to designate "all-gender multiple-occupancy" restrooms passed out of a House committee W...
Will Stevenson Feb 24, 2023 SmartSign / CC
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